Reviews of Gom Player

Reviewer

Version

Review

Jammerdelray	Nov 26, 2009	2.1.21.4846	5 out of 5	Having been using Gom for awhile, very good media player that plays anything you throw at it, all in a very nice interface. No bugs that I can think of.

anomoly	Nov 5, 2009	2.1.21.4846	5 out of 5	I have a hd2400pro card which k-lite is basically no longer supporting & I get dx errors & no subs at all. This is working well, has a GREAT browse feature and plays the subs perf. PLUS it's a 6mb download as opposed to k-lite's 20+

coch	Nov 5, 2009	2.1.21.4846	4 out of 5	Gom Player is pretty good...been using it on and off for over as year, but I always find myself coming back to Zoom Player which fits my needs better (more features, more customizable, and yet still a lightweight app).

Deedz	Aug 10, 2009	2.1.18.4762	4 out of 5	Have an issue with using Gom Player on my vista.... the Video has small small black blocks in it when i use gom player on my vista... this doesnt exist when i use it on my xp... if i culd post a print screen id do it. but dunno how... Any one has solutions to this problem do reply and send the soln to my email... Cyborg_deedz@yahoo.com......Thank you..Gom Has been the best and a kick a** player on my xp... help me use it on my vista

us3r	Jul 24, 2009	2.1.18.4762	4 out of 5	The latest version of Gom Player is quite good. It finally supports Haali Media Splitter. There are no problems with brightness, contrast, saturation controls for x264 codecs which other players have.

Zoroaster	Apr 12, 2009	2.1.17.4710	5 out of 5	I've tried quite a few media players and Gom Player is my favorite. Why? Because it has a keen setup wizard (great for newbies) and at the same time allows enhanced settings, because it handles all my videos and runs them smoothly, because updates remember my settings (whilst some other players don't), because it is also aesthetic (look on the website for more skins), because I've never had any problem with it :)

TomA102210	Apr 10, 2009	2.1.17.4710	5 out of 5	cstaley416 said: Reviewing 2.1.17.4710 "Maybe it's me but I tried several downloads to get this POS to work in Vista and it never would. All I want to do is play a DVD and grab some screen shots, but nooooooo....." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOM Player is far from a POS. I'm sure there is someone out there more informed than you are when it comes to downloading and installing software, including the GOM Player. Never been a problem with GOM Player on both my XP and 2 Vista Machines and I'm a relative novice with computers.

cstaley416	Apr 10, 2009	2.1.17.4710	1 out of 5	Maybe it's me but I tried several downloads to get this POS to work in Vista and it never would. All I want to do is play a DVD and grab some screen shots, but nooooooo.....

BogdanSHA	Mar 26, 2009	2.1.16.4635	5 out of 5	@dejavu - read your link page: "Solution Status: Vendor Patch".

radiomaffia	Mar 26, 2009	2.1.16.4635	3 out of 5	used gomplayer for more then 2 years untill newer versions become unstable and crashing constantly with highbitrate files. turned my back on gomplayer and looked for other player and found KMPlayer it decided the leave period of gomplayer behind reading reviews here with negative ratings

dejavu	Mar 26, 2009	2.1.16.4635	1 out of 5	What Gretech Corp. said about this bug? GOM Player GOM Manager ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow http://secunia.com/advisories/27418/

us3r	Mar 26, 2009	2.1.16.4635	1 out of 5	GOM Player is such a failure. Months passed on and the dev team didn't fix any of the major bugs. HD playback is terrible, they kept this annoin' adware in default skin and they didn't add proper support for external splitters / codecs. KMPlayer might not be the easiest to use, or might not have that fancy look like some other players, but when it comes to video playback then it is the king in this category. GOM Players goes to my ignore list. I'm sick and tired of trying this cr@p, since the never versions are even worse than a previous ones.

TomA102210	Mar 26, 2009	2.1.16.4635	5 out of 5	dhry said: Reviewing 2.1.16.4631 (Mar 3, 2009) I agree with Kriff. Just get The KMPlayer. Ten times better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I've tried KMPlayer and I do not agree with either of you. GOM gets a 5 from me.

dhry	Mar 3, 2009	2.1.16.4631	3 out of 5	I agree with Kriff. Just get The KMPlayer. Ten times better.

idodialog	Mar 3, 2009	2.1.16.4631	5 out of 5	Simple, highly versatile and effective, keyboard enhanced, play anything and everything media player. My exclusive vid player for more than a year - this simply does everything - nice control panel with brightness, contrast, saturation controls, terrific screen capture, equalizer, time jump settings. Preferences are very thorough if you want or need to fiddle. Really none of the usual suspects come close.

Morningdove	Mar 2, 2009	2.1.16.4631	4 out of 5	I agree with TGB72 regarding the toolbar, but I immediately changed the skin and replaced the orange foot on the screen and hadn't actually seen the toolbar. Aside from that issue it is a versatile player with a lot of features and could easily serve as one's only media player if it were not for the better featured KM Player. I saw no point in having both players on my system. Had I personally seen any spyware activity both the player and it's publisher would be rated 0 stars, but fortunately that wasn't the case during my test. ADDENDUM: I reinstalled Gom Player to look into the toolbar issues. There was no option to install the Google toolbar so that option was apparently removed. With regard to the default skin and Gom toolbar, I couldn't find the Gom toolbar anywhere or any way to activate it. So, I either totally missed it or it was also removed from this release. Gom Player does use the internet legitimately to download skins, logos and codecs when needed.

TGB72	Feb 16, 2009	2.1.15.4610	3 out of 5	Since you can decide to not install the google toolbar during the installation this does not seems to be a big threat but what I see incredible intrusive is the gom toolbar that comes with the default skin, this toolbar tries to call home no matter if you have disabled the "check for updates" option, this should be considered spyware for sure. I know that changing the skin will solve the problem but that's not the point, their move enabling that ugly toolbar in the dafault skin was very low. Regarding to features KMPlayer beats Gom baddly.

Skyfrog	Feb 13, 2009	2.1.15.4610	5 out of 5	I like it, the player is very lightweight and looks nice. I don't use the built in codecs so I don't install those, I use FFDshow instead. I've had no trouble playing anything so far.

Kriff	Feb 12, 2009	2.1.15.4610	3 out of 5	It's not that it's bad, it's just that KMPlayer set the bar so much higher than this.

Wilfried	Feb 12, 2009	2.1.15.4610	2 out of 5	Despite the horribly slow loading of media files, i still prefer the much better KMPlayer.

Juhandra	Feb 12, 2009	2.1.15.4610	5 out of 5	Despite the horribly slow loading of media files, i still prefer the much better KMPlayer.

vincent326	Dec 30, 2008	2.1.14.4525	4 out of 5	I still like it. But it is not getting better but worse. The support for HD WMV is really poor. It always shows missing code while at the same time kmplayer and mplayer can play very well. And I installed the full package of K-Lite code pack. Anyone got a solution?

itazev	Dec 29, 2008	2.1.14.4525	5 out of 5	Very cool! nice interface, lightweight, wide variety format support!

TGB72	Dec 29, 2008	2.1.14.4525	3 out of 5	1. It's bundled with google toolbar. 2. The update system became incredible invasive, any build after v2.1.6.3449 will try to connect to Gom's site no matter if the update options is disabled in preferences. For these to reasons I move to KMplayer. BTW, not only some users but sites like softpedia consider since a couple of builts ago this player as adware. It was a very good player in the past, really a pity.

allthebestnamesgone	Dec 29, 2008	2.1.14.4525	5 out of 5	what adware? this ISNT adware.

Banquo	Nov 28, 2008	2.1.9.3754 Beta	5 out of 5	Works great for me, haven't had any problems. As for the nonsense adware claim, the installer does include Google Toolbar, which you CAN uncheck. Big freakin' deal. Once the player is installed it most certainly is not adware. I've had no trouble with HD content, played mkv without any issues. I am using ffdshow for everything. Just because a new version hasn't come out in a few months doesn't mean development is stopped. It works fine anyway so who cares? I still believe this is the best player I've tried to date.

us3r	Aug 13, 2008	2.1.9.3754 Beta	2 out of 5	I've been using this player for a long time. Finally I switched to KMPlayer. Why? - Poor HD video playback. - Lack of support for external splitters. - Stability issues. - Adware. - Development stoped months ago.

hugh21	Aug 8, 2008	2.1.9.3754 Beta	5 out of 5	Great player since I have not found a problem with Gom Player as of yet. KMPlayer isn't bad either so I just have both installed on my computer (Gom Player is set to play videos, KMPlayer for audio files). Both work extremely well.

Mumoto	Jul 20, 2008	2.1.9.3754 Beta	3 out of 5	Blaxima: Learn 2 Read While setting up it allows you to checkbox several stuff including "Basic Codecs (Recommended)" Players like VLC install codecs with their player. Good for newbies, but sucks for people that want want to use their own set of codecs.

CyberDoc999	Mar 30, 2008	2.1.9.3754 Beta	5 out of 5	GOM is the best player ever made!

Blaxima	Mar 28, 2008	2.1.9.3754 Beta	4 out of 5	I wish people would be realistic with their reviews. media player classic can't compare to this because first off mpc is useless without installing codecs. Gom just like KM and VLC DO NOT require you to have to do that just to have video playback. All those players are nowhere near as buggy either. This is good. It has some issues with DVD playback for me but its a good second best behind KMPlayer

frodo888	Mar 28, 2008	2.1.9.3754 Beta	5 out of 5	FYI: KMPlayer is as good as dead. The korean developer sold the application to a well known spyware company (Pandora-TV). They will soon build an own flavour of KMplayer to support the streaming media which is the business model of this company. So Gom player is at this time the best choice. Maybe not technically but for security reasons.

christoofar	Mar 27, 2008	2.1.9.3754 Beta	4 out of 5	still a great media player, but I too find KMP to be more robust and able to better handle certain filetypes (flash, for instance) without crashing. I do like them both, but give an edge to KMP

echohead	Feb 27, 2008	2.1.9.3753	5 out of 5	continues to make steps in the right direction. honestly i cant tell the difference between GOM and KMPlayer. i just happen to like KMPlayer's GUI a little more. decide for yourself which you prefer.

bolaris	Feb 22, 2008	2.1.9.3753	3 out of 5	Still can't keep up with KMPlayer. I remember a while back I had gom and KMPlayer and ended up trashing GOM for a reason i can't remember now. But Gom is ok but not the best.

meteecee	Feb 21, 2008	2.1.9.3753	3 out of 5	not to be redundant, but after using KM, GOM,Crystal and assorted others ZOOM is BY FAR the best . . even handles those VLC files.

white lightning	Feb 21, 2008	2.1.9.3753	3 out of 5	Excellent media player but still light years behind KMPlayer so, if max score is 5 (which is KMPlayer), GOM deserves a good 3 .

preinterpost	Feb 21, 2008	2.1.9.3753	5 out of 5	I like this a lot. Plays all I throw at it and no fiddling with tons of external codecs and settings if you just want to sit down and watch something.

grimpr	Feb 10, 2008	2.1.9.3752	5 out of 5	The most polished player on Windows,it has ease of use,plenty of features along with basic video/audio filters and runs beautifuly on Windows even in the Vista 64bit version with no problems with Aero enabled as other players. Excellent freeware. For those that want more power and control from their video playback which means upscaling and tinkering with lots of filtering still the king remains FFDshow Tryout with the player of your choise. FFDShow Tryout & GOM are THE perfect match.

spamdigger	Feb 6, 2008	2.1.9.3752	4 out of 5	Nice player. Wish it could play image files like VLC.

dpcdpc11	Feb 6, 2008	2.1.9.3752	4 out of 5	it's an excellent player with many good feaures and simple settings... i have both KMplayer and GOM intalled on my machine and i'm using KM almost all the time mainly cuz it has tons of settings and i like to play with them.

cip2kro	Feb 6, 2008	2.1.9.3752	5 out of 5	Best player overall for ragular user. And i tried vlc, km, bs, wmp, mpc, zoom. None has combined all the features i want to simply see any movie fast, change image settings, use subtitles, sync subtitle and manage from within what codecs i use for what types of files.

TGB72	Feb 5, 2008	2.1.9.3752	2 out of 5	Although I've disabled the "automatic update" this version o GOM try to connect to internet without permission. Previous to this I was using v2.1.6.3499 without problems.

Joco	Feb 5, 2008	2.1.9.3752	5 out of 5	Hi photonboy, Super cool guidelines, thanks. Between GOM & KMPlayer, which one do you like better?

photonboy	Nov 25, 2007	2.1.8.3683	5 out of 5	I'm quite a videophile (sounds dirty) and pretty knowledgeable about codecs, containers etc. I have EXTENSIVELY compared all the main video players. Here's what I have to say: Install some players with their own, internal decoders as well as some which require external decoders. For external decoders, the newbie should start with FFDShow. If you have issues with say WMP11, try a program like KMPlayer which has great internal decoders. If it works in KMPlayer it's NOT the video, it's your decoders or your settings. Rather than get technical, I recommend installing ALL of what I list and compare them over a long time. -KMPlayer (I install the EXE from the homepage, then Copy the latest Beta over the installation folder in Program Files.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KMPlayer -Zoom Player -GOM Player -Windows Media Player 11 -VLC -FFDShow (audio and video) -for DVD-Video: NVidia PureVideo, ATI equivalent, Nero Showtime or other purchased MPEG2 decoder -BluRay/HD-DVD (not aware of any free ones; Nero 8's Showtime plugin worked perfectly with my 6600GT 128MB/2GB3200/X2 4800+ system) Link: www.free-codecs.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codecs (start educating yourself) www.google.com (indispensible tool) Basically, video has 3 main components: 1) the Video, requiring a video decoder (WMV, DivX, AVC.. ) 2) the Audio, requiring an audio decoder (MP3, AC3, Vorbis, FLAC.. ) 3) the Container, the "glue" which joins the audio and video (AVI, MKV.. ) If the video is poor, the problem is either that the actual video quality is poor or that the video decoder isn't good enough. The same goes for audio. Audio Synch issues MIGHT be the Container, whereas not playing at all could be a missing decoder or Container. Understanding the technical details can help you troubleshoot AND enable you to watch or encode at the optimal quality. Recommended hardware: If you are in the market for a new desktop and plan to use any demanding software and/or game I highly recommend you read up on the new AMD Spider system. In particular, the new ATI HD 3870 is an incredible graphics card. If you want ONLY raw gaming performance the NVidia 8800GT is currently the best deal. The incredible power management, superior video hardware decoding and 300 stream processors and reasonable price pull this card to the front of the pack in my mind. The only thing missing for some people is video input will come in 2008 on this or another card. I mention this card, because not all software uses (or uses optimally) hardware decoders, especially new ones. If you buy a new card with hardware decoders you'll need to do some more research to find the best media player; you might use 2 or more (that's why Associating is great). Summary: GOM Player is an excellent media player; there are others and it's also worth your time to learn more.

Akeru	Nov 5, 2007	2.1.8.3683	3 out of 5	Great player, just not a fan of this: 4. DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ("DRMs"). This software includes a DRM("Digital Rights Management") technology. DRMs are designed to manage and enforce intellectual property rights in digital content purchased over the Internet. Gomplayer digital rights management is a proven platform to protect and securely deliver content for playback on a computer, portable device, or network device. You may not take any action to circumvent or defeat the security or content usage rules provided or enforced by either the DRM or the Software. DRMs may be able to revoke your ability to use applicable content. Gomplayer is not responsible for the operation of third party DRM in any way, including revocation of your content. Gomplayer is not responsible for any communications to or from any third party DRM provider, or for the collection or use of information by third party DRMs. You consent to the communications enabled and/or performed by the DRM, including automatic updating of the DRM without further notice. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Gomplayer for any claim relating to your use of a third party DRM.

wognum	Nov 3, 2007	2.1.8.3683	5 out of 5	one of the best, always saves me when wmp fails. vlc might be better, but i hate the gui, and i'm not 1337 enough to understand all settings :-)

Joco	Nov 2, 2007	2.1.8.3683	5 out of 5	Before GOM Player, I used BSPlayer (for video playback). I gave up because if was too buggy. Then I tried VLC for a while that I didn't like because it's GUI and hot keys are not convenient. Then I tried GOM Player, which I find really excellent.

y0himba	Oct 31, 2007	2.1.8.3861 Beta	4 out of 5	I love this player, but wish it had windowshade mode or mini-player mode.

Mirrebex	Sep 25, 2007	2.1.6.3499	4 out of 5	Excelent player.. deserves a try..

uberfly	Jun 21, 2007	2.1.6.3499	4 out of 5	Looks nicer, and works well, just doesn't have the refined feature-set that VLC does. It's close, but still not there.

e144539	Jun 21, 2007	2.1.6.3499	5 out of 5	The US and RO mirrors are the older release, you need to use the "external mirror" which is from the gom player site http://www.gomplayer.com...OMPLAYERENBETASETUP.EXE

Dsfargeg	Jun 21, 2007	2.1.6.3499	5 out of 5	Gom is hands down the best media player and even beats players like Vlc. It should be obvious then that it easily wipes the floor with bloated garbage like RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. The download link still has an old version as Cnet hasn't updated yet. You can get the new version from Softpedia here: http://www.softpedia.com...layers/Gom-Player.shtml (use the RO mirror, the US mirror is slow)

slowdive	Jun 21, 2007	2.1.6.3499	4 out of 5	Not very good for HD files, very choppy. All other players play fine. Also notice in my system uses more than 50mb memory. KMPlayer plays well HD files and uses about 20mb of memory... Still not bad.

Micromind	Jun 21, 2007	2.1.6.3499	5 out of 5	Simply the best player! VLC is lighter, but not so complete! If you need a codec this player tell you exactly the one needed .... Just download it, install and forget all other players!

anomoly	Jun 21, 2007	2.1.6.3499	5 out of 5	Testing between this and vlc, I prefer vlc because it has a portable edition. Problem is that vlc on my old athlon xp 2000+ with just 500mb dual channel ram, vlc locks the entire pc up. VLC plays fine, but locks up the pc almost on cue. This has very nice skins and even if I copy install it runs as a portable ap and doesn't lock the pc up. MPC is nice but requires codecs installed.

muka3d	May 23, 2007	2.1.3.3413 Beta	5 out of 5	Excellent software! Does everything VLC does but without all the bloat that makes VLC unusable. Also includes most of the advanced functionality of Media Player Classic. You can't go wrong with Gom Player. It's got the best of both worlds making it the best player.

Dapumkins	Apr 9, 2007	2.1.3.3413 Beta	4 out of 5	Nice player, but it has some issues playing some high res .wmv files. Namely it's slow and choppy and video corruptions occurs. This doesn't happen when I play them in Windows Media Player.

Erator	Mar 25, 2007	2.1.3.3413 Beta	5 out of 5	One word: Wow! This player is feature-filled, and has so many options that even the pickiest of users will enjoy the control that it provides over your media files. If you haven't tried it yet, what are you waiting for?

zeon	Mar 22, 2007	2.1.3.3413 Beta	5 out of 5	@yokozuna: You are able to do that to customise decoder priority, however you aren't able to do the same with regard to splitters. In the current version Gom has a bad framerate when playing back MKV files due to the poor-quality internal MKV splitter, which cannot be disabled/overridden even through filter customisation. Hopefully they'll fix it up in future, but right now I can't recommend Gom at all for MKV playback due to this problem. Ideally they'd let you customise your splitters just in case, but if not then at least I'm hoping the internal MKV splitter will be improved. That said, this is otherwise a great player that in my mind is a sort of blend between the power of Zoom and the ease-of-use of MPC. It's a simple design but pretty powerful and with a lot of convenient features. I'll probably stick with Zoom for most of my playback but I'll be recommending this to my semi-power-user friends who may have outgrown MPC but would be intimidated by Zoom. I may very well use it myself too on occasion.

LuBoc	Mar 22, 2007	2.1.3.3413 Beta	5 out of 5	I tested this player with many formats (swf, rm, avi, mpeg, etc) and work very well. Is easy to use, have codecs, subtitles, if find many movies in one folder ask to create a playlist. Excelent

saadsaleem	Mar 22, 2007	2.1.3.3413 Beta	5 out of 5	I think the best player ever. I have a fairly powerful computer, but when I play videos with K-lite Mega codec (MP Classic), the voice and sound doesn't remain synchronized. This media player plays so smoothly with elegant interface and less fuzz!

bggoth	Mar 21, 2007	2.1.3.3413 Beta	5 out of 5	I totally love it! It's my everyday player and I have never experienced any problems with it. I've also tried BS,Zoom,KM Players... but GOM was THA BEST! Highly recommended!

yokozuna	Mar 21, 2007	2.1.3.3413 Beta	5 out of 5	matt2971, do not take it personally but I cannot understand that open source fanboys do not use Google. GOM Player [en] as downloadable from BetaNews is a trimmed version of Korean GOM Player (GOM = Gretech Online Media Player, Gretech is a company). Why I am writing about it? Because GOM Player, which is the most popular player in South Korea is able to play online TV, both play on demand or regular transmissions (GOM TV - several dozens of channels). And some of them are DRM protected. GOM TV is the most popular streaming service in South Korea, and as the most attractive feature in GOM Player, it is chiefly responsible for GOM Player's overwhelming popularity in South Korea. The GOM TV service offers users various video contents ranging from National Geographic documentaries and television dramas, to major motion pictures and adult videos (DRM protected). You do not need any TV set anymore, just a computer (the larger monitor the better) with ADSL, and you can watch TV. More how it works here: http://www.gretech.com/eng/index.html The service mixes both ad supported and pay-per-view content. Prices range from 500 won and up, with most movies available for 2,000 won. (1,000 won is very roughly about 1 US dollar.) I do hope that I will not have to explain again and again the same things!

TheJosher	Mar 19, 2007	2.1.2.3407	5 out of 5	Great player. Plays everything I throw at it and does so in style. Plenty of features, too.

matt2971	Mar 16, 2007	2.1.2.3407	3 out of 5	Looks like a decent player, but i don't think it's open source (correct me if I'm wrong) and the license agreement during setup also states that it includes DRM software. I'll give it a miss.

punjabijatt	Mar 16, 2007	2.1.2.3407	2 out of 5	I used this program b4 i found kmp player which to me is the best out there and plays what ever u throw @ it this played most but not everything.

zridling	Mar 16, 2007	2.1.2.3407	3 out of 5	LOVE Gom Player, but it don't play so well with Vista.

poopcutter	Mar 16, 2007	2.1.2.3407	2 out of 5	fresh installed GOM proc usage 25% vs MPC 5% ... same xvid file gimme a break wont play .ts straight out dont care to mess with it. GOM almost 500 files 19MB MPC (1 exe which got buncha decoders in it) + ffdshow = almost 200 files ... gave 2 because of the nice interface, otherwise 0.

terrister	Mar 15, 2007	2.1.2.3407	5 out of 5	Great player. It replaced MPC on my computer. This is all I could find on the changes in this version. Version 2.1.2.3407 fixes the sorting feature for the playlist.

Yggdrazil	Mar 13, 2007	2.1.2.3407 Beta	4 out of 5	For anyone complaining that you can't adjust gamma: Have you ever pressed F7 and clicked on video? This should give you separate sliders for brightness, contrast and saturation - very useful! And the skin is just great... The only criticism I have is that GomPlayer lacks the support for some less common codecs and writes settings into the registry.

Blaxima	Mar 12, 2007	2.1.2.3407 Beta	4 out of 5	I really like gom player. Its much like VLC with its built in codecs that pretty much eliminate the need for bloated codec packs. It's very light on resources too. The only thing that I didn't like and its not a bug or anything is that it doesn't play nsv files. All the big fights I download are in the nsv format so this is a problem for me. KM Player however addresses this issue for me and is the ONLY reason I don't use Gom anymore. If Gom added nsv support I just might use it again. Like someone else said, this blows away MPC with FFDshow http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php

ninjeratu	Mar 12, 2007	2.1.2.3407 Beta	4 out of 5	Excellent player! Works very much like MPC, with a pleasant skin. Tends to crash Vista with nVidia's crappy beta drivers, but works perfectly and with less CPU usage in XP than ffdshow+MPC. That is good in my book.

tipsyboy	Mar 12, 2007	2.1.2.3407 Beta	4 out of 5	good player. no fake. no nag screens. no hidden "get the better for money" attitude, at least I haven't found one (yet?). free player, indeed. lacks a possibility to adjust the "gamma" overlay (brightness and contrast only) - which is possible in "vlc", also a free video player. sometimes this is a vital option to get a better video output. has the ability to "sharpen", though, and different other video enhancements. has also an audio equalizer onboard for those who use high quality audio cards, though the "vlc" equalizer to my ears is somewhat and somehow a bit better . . . So - for the lack of "gamma" correction, only four stars. A real good player with loads of preferences and adjustment possibilities which you will not find in some of the costly players - for free. You gotta try it at least!

aking80	Mar 12, 2007	2.1.2.3407 Beta	4 out of 5	Changelog for 3407? It's not even on the homepage yet... Anyways great player, although still needs work with subtitles (especially for softsubs)

ballyhairs	Mar 11, 2007	2.1.2.3406 Beta	3 out of 5	Well... its good for .avi files, but not for DVD movies, its nothing like WinDVD for example. But maybe in the future it will get better.

Hall9000	Mar 10, 2007	2.1.2.3406 Beta	5 out of 5	I'm almost at a loss for words about Gom Player, but not quite. :P After installing it, flawless and easy install, by the way, I was finally able to watch "To Serve All My Days", a "Star Trek" movie from Star Trek New Voyages. It simply wouldn't play properly with my other players and now it does, in glorious full screen! So simple to use even I can use it!:P A more than well deserved FIVE.

And\|	Mar 10, 2007	2.1.2.3406 Beta	5 out of 5	The only thing in my world that can compete with GOM is ZoomPlayer. GOM is seriously some of the best I have ever seen when it comes to media players. I use it for all video playback.

cip2kro	Mar 9, 2007	2.1.2.3406 Beta	5 out of 5	I was a big fan of BsPlayer. Not anymore. I love this one now and everything i do works like a charm. Great job to creator for a free player like this!

yokozuna	Mar 9, 2007	2.1.2.3406 Beta	5 out of 5	@CodecPack F5--->Filter--->Advanced Settings--->Add Filter ...and set filter priority... @CodecPack #2 Condition: Highest It works as I described, at least with CoreAVC (included in QT Lite). My laptop is too weak for H.264 and internal codecs, but it works flawlessly with CoreAVC.

CodecPack	Mar 9, 2007	2.1.2.3406 Beta	3 out of 5	I would like to see a version of this player that allows usage of external DirectShow source filters and thus the ability to disable the internal source filters. @yokozuna: It indeed is possible to use external decoding filters. But I haven't succeeded to override the source filters (splitters) yet. GOM seems to use filters based on code from Gabest (guliverkli project). I prefer using Haali Media Splitter.

ballyhairs	Feb 2, 2007	2.1.1.3399	3 out of 5	I give it 3 because it has so many useful options and its very small, but it has along way to go before I switch from WinDvd, I know that WinDvd is BIG but it was made by professionals and its bugs free, GOM player has few bugs, specially with subtitles, running DVD from mounted images and picture damage when viewing moving camera vertical scene.

christoofar	Jan 12, 2007	2.1.0.3390 Beta	4 out of 5	Pretty sweet so far. Am using it in place of VLC currently as a trial, and am not having any playback issues thus far

coolticker	Dec 28, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	4 out of 5	Don't forget that this player use its own internal like VLC so your system is always "clean", no need to instal codec packs that make you system unstable.

agapecpus	Dec 27, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	3 out of 5	This player without a doubt has great potential but 48 Meg RAM w/ 50% system useage (dual-core) really brings it down in my books. I also tested with WMP11 37 Meg w/ 7-8% system useage (same file). I do like the fact there are many options to play with. It does have a polished look to it.

Black Mamba	Dec 27, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	4 out of 5	GOM is the best freeware player around and it is also better than many commercial ones. The better overall player is Zoom Player Pro or WMV Pro.

raveren	Dec 27, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	It could get a little more customizable, but it IS the best one out there (KMPlayer comes close though)

TGB72	Dec 27, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	The best media player by far, excelent!

benZin	Dec 27, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	Finally! GOM is gorgeous, splendid. :)

Aires	Dec 27, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	As much as I love VLC (and I do), for what I want a player for on my pc, I have yet to find a fault with Gom - and it does look good too. What more can you want than a player that does what VLC does but looks a helluva lot better.

mikeyx11	Dec 27, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	Looks beautiful, runs great, supports almost everything and is FREE!

zridling	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	Been using this for a long time, and it's better than any commercial player hands down.

Reverb	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	Top-notch media player! Has built-in codecs much like VLC with support for .3GP video files. Frame capture works better than VLC also although it lacks the streaming features. I switched from PowerDVD to GOMPlayer for watching DVDs on my laptop!

jambo100	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	נגן פשוט ומעולה אם כל הקודקים הנחוצים.

Letterman	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	What can i say? It really works!

ranasrule	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	very nice

yokozuna	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	VictorAnderson, you really made me laugh, so please, write something more! GOM Player is the most popular player in S.Korea as well as some other Asian countries and it has been known for years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gom_player Is Google switched off in your area?

peterj1978	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	Just tried this myself for the first time, and it feels very nice and well worked through. Nice design, nice wizards and everything. I just tried out the mp3 player part of it and it was also quite nice. I have one complaint though, the mp3 player skin isn't translated completely into english when holding your mousepointer over buttons such as the "play" button. @VictorAnderson Tell you what? I've been on this site for quite some time now and i can tell you for sure im not the author of this, since you seem to be such a great and smart detective coming to these great conclusions you should apply for a investigative job.

mansa	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	if you look for a simple and efficient video player, gomplayer is for you : -no need to codecs -volume and movie position can be changed with the direction buttons on the keyboard. -it handles the most popular formats even .mov and .ram -it's totally free

sflorack	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	For nearly a year, I've used K-Lite Codec packs, but have been frustrated with the frequent updates, confusing installation, and difficult setup. GOM Player just works, without the need of a doctorate degree to work correctly.

Yogurth	Dec 26, 2006	2.1.0.3383 Beta	5 out of 5	Great Player, with few interface misses, but it deserves 5 nevertheless.